The massive Equifax data breach and the Cambridge Analytica fiasco created new awareness among consumers about the vulnerability of our personal data to unwanted sharing and access by privacy thieves. California has the right to privacy enshrined in our constitution and the California Consumer Privacy Act takes several steps forward to protecting consumers' personal information.

We cannot grow healthy food without clean water and proper stewardship of our land. Today, the Senate recognized that fact by passing a Farm Bill free of attacks on core public health and environmental protections. We congratulate Senate members for their hard work to keep the Senate version of the Farm Bill clean.

The California Consumer Privacy Act, AB 375, would incentivize companies to protect our data from privacy thieves and give consumers additional tools to increase our online privacy. CALPIRG is urging the legislature to pass the bill this week, while flagging policy concerns that we hope the legislature will revisit in the near future.